Corrie's Katie McGlynn pays tribute to her late grandad in NTA speech

She won the Serial Drama Performance award

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 29th Jan 2020

Former Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn has won the National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance at the awards ceremony last night! The 26-year-old, who bowed out of the soap last October as Sinead Tinker, picked up the award after her moving portrayal of a young woman with cervical cancer.

After expressing her shock at being nominated, Katie paid tribute to her late grandfather, who she says was a huge source of encouragement and support to her when she was starting out in her career.

She said, "I want to thank someone who's not here tonight. My granddad who passed away. He's always supported me through my acting, he took me to all my acting classes and when I was younger, he took me to all my auditions."

Katie told the story of the moment she landed her first TV role, and that her grandad had joked, "I'm happy with that but when are you going to be in Coronation Street?"

Sadly, he passed away a month before she landed her role in Corrie.

The actress also paid tribute to those going through it in real life, saying, "This award is for anyone who is going through cervical cancer or has had cervical cancer and their families. Stay strong."

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Daniel is distraught when he finds Bertie barely conscious in his cot, and rushes him to hospital where he's told Bertie has contracted measles.

Wracked with guilt, Daniel confides in Ken that after Bertie's first appointment, he couldn't bare to bring him back to have the rest of his jabs.

Later on, Maria is at the Rovers with Ali when she's struck down with intense abdominal pains. At the hospital, the doctor breaks the news that Maria has lost her baby.

As Maria explains her previous symptoms to Ali, he realises that she's contracted measles and the doctor agrees that's probably what caused her miscarriage.

Gary returns from Bristol and tries to comfort Maria as she blames herself for losing their baby. When Gary learns that Bertie had measles and Maria must have contracted it from him, he's furious.

Cornering Bethany and Daniel as they walk home, Gary lays into Daniel and says it's all his fault that Maria lost the baby, accusing him of being a bad father.

Back at the flat, Daniel tells Bethany to put her wet clothes in the washing machine and gives her Sinead's old dressing gown to wear, before going to take a nap.

Waking up from his nap emotional and dazed, Daniel sees who he thinks is the figure of Sinead in the living room and, pulling her close, begs her not to leave.

As Daniel comes to his senses and realises it's Bethany, and not Sinead he's been kissing, he's even more upset. Later, Beth warns Bethany to stay away from Daniel as she'll never replace Sinead.

Meanwhile, Gemma and Chesney are at breaking point as they struggle to find any time to sleep while looking after the quadruplets.

When Paul and Billy offer to look after the babies, Chesney takes the opportunity for some alone time and convinces a reluctant Gemma to take a walk with him.

In Victoria Gardens, Gemma confides in Chesney that she's not been feeling good about her post pregnancy body. As Chesney tries to reassure her, they're distracted by a passing bus.

Gemma and Chesney are livid to see their FreshCo advert on the side of the bus – but Gemma and Chesney have been edited out! Gemma is convinced this just proves she's not good enough for their babies.

Elsewhere, Tim begins to panic as it seems Charlie is settling into Weatherfield for the long haul when she moves into the Rovers, and begs Abi for help.

On Abi's advice, Tim explains to Charlie that her talents are wasted behind the bar and that she's destined for greater things.

Charlie is flattered, but when she admits that she's been interviewing for a job at Gatwick airport and it's basically in the bag, Tim worries she'll leave before signing the divorce papers.

Later on, Charlie tells Tim that she's turned down the job at Gatwick and wants to give their marriage a proper go. But Tim is caught out when Sally arrives to hear it all, despite him promising her everything was under control.

Sally is furious to know that EVERYONE knows that Tim is an accidental bigamy, and lays into him in front of everyone for making the whole situation worse.

Geoff fears losing control of Yasmeen when Alya convinces her there's nothing wrong with her drinking. But still, when Peter asks Yasmeen to join him for an alcoholic support group, Yasmeen agrees.

Returning from the meeting Yasmeen realises that Geoff has been manipulating her. Furious, Geoff forces her to drink a bottle of wine to prove she hasn't got a problem.

With their marriage hanging by a thread, Steve and Tracy go to see a marriage guidance counsellor and try their best to make an effort with each other.

But after attending Ken's book club together as a relationship building exercise, it's clear they're both out of their comfort zone and have to decide if their marriage is worth saving.

She left the show after six years in her role as Sinead, leaving fans devastated but totally moved by the storyline. After beating cervical cancer the previous year, it sadly returned, and Sinead passed away leaving her baby son Bertie and husband Daniel.

At the time, viewers praised Katie for her performance, and charities up and down the country lauded the show's realistic portrayal of the disease - with Katie admitting it was her idea for Sinead to die to reflect real life.

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.

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